Grater attachment



l. C. KOTTMAN.

GRATER ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION FILED 0cT.21.|919.

1, 349,6 1 6 Patented Aug. 17, 1920.

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GRATER ATTACHMENT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 17, 1920.

Application filed October 21, 1919. Serial No. 332,149.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPHINE C. Ko'r'r- MAN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the cit of New York borough of Brooklyn, in the county of I ings and State of New York have invented a new and Improved Grater Attachment, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The invention relates to graters such as are used in the household, and its object is to rovide a new and improved grater attac iment arranged to permit the user to conveniently move the article or material to be grated over the grating surface and at the same time allow of properly pressing or feeding the article or material into contact with the grating surface and without danger of the operator injuring the fingers on the sharp protuberances of the grating surface.

Another object is to permit of conveniently and quickly applying the attachment to kitchen hand graters as now generally constructed.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists of certain novel. features of construction, as hereinafter shown and described and then specifically pointed out in the claims.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of an arched hand grater provided with the improvement;

Fig. 2 is a cross section of the same on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a cross section of the guiding frame of the attachment;

Fig. 4 is a sectional side elevation of the same on the line 4-4 of Fig. 3; and

Fig. 5 is a reduced cross section of a flat hand grater provided with the improvement.

The improved grater attachment in its general construction comprises a frame 10, a hopper 11 adapted to contain the material or article to be grated, and a follower 12 fitting into the hopper 11 and serving to press the article or material 13 into contact with the grating surface of the grater body 14 of a hand grater of either arched construction as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, or of flat construction as shown in Fig. 5. The frame 10 comprises two parallel guide rods 20 ranging lengthwise of the grater body 14, a distance above the gratingsurface there of, and the ends of the guide rods 20 are secured in lugs 21 struck up from arched or flat end members22 overlying the end portions of the grater body 14. The end members 22 are provided with return bent spring hooks 23 extending over the end edges of the body 14 and clampingly engaging the under sides of the end portions of the body securely to hold the frame 10 in position on the grater body 14. i

The lower ends of the front and rear sides of the hopper 11 are provided with tubular bearings 30 slidingly engaging the guide rods 20 to permit of easily and conveniently moving thehopper 11 forward and backward on its guideways and with its lower open end in close proximity to the protuberances forming the grating surface of the body 14.

The follower 12 has a fiat upper surface and an arched under surface, the latter conforming approximately to the curvature of the grater body 14 to allow of feeding the article or material 13 to the arched grating surface until the last remnant of the article or material is practically completely grated. The follower 12 is provided with a handle 40 which extends a distance out of the upper open end of the hopper 11 to allow the user to conveniently take hold of this handle 40 with a view to press the follower 12 in firm contact with the article or material 13 to be grated, and, at the same time, to impart a longitudinal sliding movement to the hopper 11 to move the article or material 13 over the grating surface to grate the article or material.

It will be noticed that by the arrangement described, the operator with one hand can take hold of the handle 40 of the grater and with the other hand take hold of the handle 40 to permit of properly feeding the article or material to the grating surface and to remove the hopper forward or backward over the grating surface of the body 14.

The grater attachment is shown applied in Figs. 1 and 2 to a grater having an arched body 14, but the attachment may be placed in position on a flat grater body (see Fig. 5)

and for this purpose the hopper 11 is providedwith a straight top, and the front and rear sides are provided With supplementary tubular bearings 60 to permit of placing the hopper 11 in upside down position on the guide rods 20. The handle 40 is made in two parts, hinged to the sides of the follower 12 to allow of reversing the handle parts whenever it is desired to use the follower 12 with the flat side downward at the time the hopper is reversed and used on a flat grater.

It 'will further be noticed that the kitchen grater as now generally constructed and illustrated in the drawings, can be readily provided with the attachment Without making any alterations Whatever on said rater.

t is understood that when the attac ment is marketed, one pair of hooks 23 is not bent to final shape to permit of conveniently applying the attachment to the grater, it being understood that the other pair of hooks is hooked onto the corresponding end of the grater body 1%, and then the other pair of hooks is bent into final position to hold securely the attachment in place on the grater body.

It is expressly understood that by the use of the attachment, the operator is not liable to injure the fingers on the sharp protuberances of the grating surface during the grating operation.

Having thus described my invention, I

claim as new and desire to secure by; Letters Patent z- 1. A grater attachment, frame having parallel guide rods and end members overlying the ends of the grating body of a grater, the end members having means supporting the said guide rods and the end members having means adapted to engage the under surface of the ends of the grater body, a reversible hopper having top and bottom bearings either of which is adapted to slidably enga e the said guide rods, and a reversible fol oWer slidably litting into the said hopper and having a handle made in reversible parts projecting out of the hopper.

2. A grater attachment, comprising a frame having parallel guide rods and end members adapted to overlie the ends of the grating body of a grater, the end members being provided with upturned lugs in Which the ends of the said guide rods are secured to hold the guide rods spaced from the grating surface of the grater body, the said end members having return bent hooks adapted to hook onto the under surface of the ends of the grater body, and a hopper 0 en at the top and bottom and having its ront and rear sides formed into bearings slidingly engaging the said guide rods.

JOSEPHINE G. KOTTMAN.

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